New Delhi, July 17 -- As India embarks on its transformative journey towards Viksit Bharat by 2047, it is time for the government to urgently focus its energies on primary education-one of the key pillars that determines a nation's development. After two long years of pandemic-related school closures, we have finally gained enough ground after the losses of the covid years. The time is ripe now for us to look forward to a full and productive year of schooling and learning.

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There are three key transition points in any primary school system. First is the entry into formal schooling in Std 1. Second is the movement of children from Std 2 to Std 3 (in the terminology of the new National Educat...